Beethoven was deaf and insisted on composing, while being disabled and relying on great perseverance to study music, Marie Curie discovered the radium element. Helen Keller entered Harvard University. On September 7, 1965, a billiards world championship was held in New York.
The contest was between Louis Fox and John Deery, with a prize of $40,000.
These two are both wizards in the billiards world, and the audience is watching the progress of the game quietly.
Fox is already far ahead in scoring.
He only needs a few more points and the game will be over.
At this time, the atmosphere in the competition hall was very tense.
Fox was smug and prepared to hit some beautiful shots in the finals.
Deery sat in a corner dejectedly, his defeat sealed.
Suddenly, a fly appeared in the deathly silent competition hall, buzzing.
It circled around the table for a moment and then struck the cue ball.
Fox smiled slightly, waved his hand gently, and said "Shh" to drive away the flies.
He stared at the billiard ball again, bent down and prepared to hit the ball, but the fly came to hover above the table for the second time, and then landed on the cue ball.
There was a burst of nervous laughter from the audience.
Fox hissed again to shoo the fly away, his mood not wavering due to this disturbance.
But the fly returned to the deck a third time.
There was a burst of laughter from the audience.
Fox, who was calm before, was no longer calm this time.
He hit the fly with his club and drove it away.
Unexpectedly, the cue stick rubbed the cue ball, and the cue ball rolled an inch.
The fly was gone, but because Fox touched the cue ball, he lost the chance to continue hitting the ball.
Deery took full advantage of this lucky opportunity and played beautifully, hitting the ball long and hard until the end of the game.
Deery won the world billiards championship and took away most of the $40,000 prize money.
That night, when Fox left the arena, he felt like he was wandering in a strange dream.
The next morning, a police boat found his body on the river. He committed suicide. In 1916, during a fierce battle in Fengdu, the 24-year-old Liu Bocheng was injured in his right eye.
In order not to affect the cranial nerves, he requested that the flesh and new polyps be cut off directly without using anesthesia in order to remove the necrotic eyeball.
On the operating table, the hands of German military doctor Walker, who was always calm and composed, were trembling a little, and beads of sweat were rolling on his forehead. The nurse wiped them off again and again.
Liu Bocheng lay on the hospital bed without saying a word. His hands tightly grasped the white sheets under him, sweat was pouring from his arms, and his veins were bulging.
He was getting more and more playful, and the brand new white sheet was actually scratched.
After the operation, the pale Liu Bocheng told Walker: "I have been counting the number of cuts you performed just now." Walker was shocked: "How many cuts did I make?" "72 cuts." Walker was stunned.
He shouted out loud: "You are a real man, a talking steel plate!" Disabled Liang Guoying lives a strong life and laughs at life. Disabled Liang Guoying lives a strong life and laughs at life. Reporter Yuan Hui and Jian Jinyi. Liang Guoying, 46, has limited flexibility in his hands and feet.
, the road of life also has ups and downs: car accidents, disability, laid off, and the death of his beloved daughter are all cruel realities that he must face.
In those difficult days, he received help from Tan Yixiang, who was not related by blood and was more like his biological brother. He supported his family for seven or eight years and helped him overcome the difficulties in life.
Last year, with the funding of Tan Yixiang, Liang Guoying spent more than 600,000 yuan to open a restaurant called "Peace Food Manor" on Dashi Street.
Liang Guoying said that the past is unbearable to look back on, and all he can do now is live a strong life and look at life with a smile.
Suicide failed and he lived a strong life. Liang Guoying was a native of Li Village, Dashi Street. In the late 1980s, he was mainly engaged in the catering and service industries. He held the position of manager and was very good at his job.
At that time, my monthly income was several thousand yuan.
At the same time, he also opened a food stall. Although it was quite busy at that time, the living environment was not bad.
This kind of life lasted until 1998. Due to a car accident, his left hand and foot were disabled, and the left skull was shattered. Now there is only a layer of scalp protecting the area above his left temple.
Liang Guoying recalled the scene at that time and said that he woke up after the car accident and found that he was lying on a hospital bed, but his left hand and foot could not move at all. He felt very desperate, so he climbed to the window sill and wanted to jump off the building to his death. Fortunately, he happened to come to visit.
Relatives and friends held him back.
"I can't die even if I commit suicide, so I have to live stronger in the future." Liang Guoying thought this way.
After the surgery, his left leg shrank and he could only move around in a wheelchair.
At that time, Liang Guoying was relatively well-known in the catering and service industries, so the owner of a restaurant said that he would hire him even if he was disabled, and was waiting for him to take up the position of manager in a wheelchair.
However, due to the need for a lot of treatment, Liang Guoying ultimately did not agree to the restaurant owner's invitation.
Liang Guoying told reporters that the car accident not only made him physically disabled, but also caused him to spend all his savings. Moreover, his wife was unemployed and his life was once in trouble.
Not a brother, but better than a brother. During those difficult years, Liang Guoying relied on the help of one of his brothers to survive.
The "brother" Liang Guoying refers to is Tan Yixiang, a Manchu born in Guangzhou and the deputy general manager of a demolition company, whom Liang Guoying met when he worked in the past.